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Israel pummeled Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants launched rockets at Tel Aviv and other cities on Saturday, with no sign yet of an end to their worst escalation since 2014.
A 12-story Gaza tower block housing the offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera as well as other offices and apartments collapsed on Saturday after being struck by Israeli missiles.
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Israel pummeled Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants launched rockets at Tel Aviv and other cities on Saturday, with no sign yet of an end to their worst escalation since 2014.
A 12-story Gaza tower block housing the offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera as well as other offices and apartments collapsed on Saturday after being struck by Israeli missiles.
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Sirens wail, radio broadcasts are interrupted, cellphones beep with red alerts every few seconds and warning messages flash on TV. When you hear them, rush for cover.
This has become the routine across large areas of central and southern Israel, from small towns bordering Gaza to metropolitan Tel Aviv and southern Beersheva.
More than 2 000 rockets have been launched by Hamas and other armed Palestinian groups into Israel this week alone, amid the most serious fighting between Israel and Gaza militants since 2014.
Israeli soldiers prepare their artillery unit near the border with the Gaza Strip in Sderot, Israel. Photo: Amir Levy / Getty Images
Arab-Jewish violence rages on Israeli streets as Gaza conflict intensifies Alexander Smith and Paul Goldman and Lawahez Jabari
Violence raged on the streets of Israel late Wednesday, with rival Arab and Jewish mobs carrying out beatings and torching cars in a wave of communal unrest.
As the conflict with Palestinian militants in Gaza intensified and the death toll grew to at least 90, political leaders in Israel urged an end to the anarchy on the streets of mixed ethnicity towns across the country.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to restore order with an iron fist if necessary after nights of violence.
Arab-Jewish violence rages on Israeli streets as Gaza conflict intensifies Alexander Smith and Paul Goldman and Lawahez Jabari
Violence raged on the streets of Israel late Wednesday, with rival Arab and Jewish mobs carrying out beatings and torching cars in a wave of communal unrest.
As the conflict with Palestinian militants in Gaza intensified and the death toll grew to at least 90, political leaders in Israel urged an end to the anarchy on the streets of mixed ethnicity towns across the country.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to restore order with an iron fist if necessary after nights of violence.